Congratulations go out to Nicholas Butts who has made it to the state level competition in the National Geographic Bee. He will compete at the state level in April. Good Luck Nicholas!

Nicholas Butts, one of the top 100 scores in the state of South Carolina will compete on April 4, 2014 in Columbia. This competition will determine the top winner for the State of South Carolina. First Place at the state level is $100, and a trip to Washington, D.C. Second Place is $75 and Third Place is $50.

Each month twelve Bluffton Middle School students are selected by their teachers as “Mustangs of the Month” based upon overall student performance and following the Mustang Path. The Mustang Path provides a model for proper behavior that is based on the BLMS mascot, the Mustang. The Mustang Path includes four core behaviors essential to a student's development as a citizen. The four aspects of the Mustang Path are the following:

Bluffton Middle School Student Council’s “Pennies for Patients” initiative which raises funds for the Leukemia Lymphoma Society ended Friday, March 28th. The fundraiser was a great success! BLMS students raised a total of $3,538,78 for the cause. Thank you Ms. Fisher for facilitating this event and helping our students realize the importance of participating in community service activities.

As part of the PBIS Incentive day, students who had no referrals for the whole first semester submitted their names for a drawing. One seventh grader and one sixth grader won a $50 Target gift card. They are Casey Witt (7th) and Maritza Adame (6th). They are pictured with Patrick Wright, President, Bluffton Rotary Club who donated the Target gift cards.

Bluffton Middle School is thankful for all of the community support it has received in making its PBIS program successful. By teaming up with the Bluffton Rotary, Station 300, and Kidzplay, BLMS has given students plenty of reasons to be on their best behavior.

Each month twelve Bluffton Middle School students are selected by their teachers as “Mustangs of the Month” based upon overall student performance and following the Mustang Path. The Mustang Path provides a model for proper behavior that is based on the BLMS mascot, the Mustang. The Mustang Path includes four core behaviors essential to a student's development as a citizen. The four aspects of the Mustang Path are the following:

The (LC) Ladies Clubs and (GC) Gentlemen’s Clubs were asked to participate in a Beaufort County School district wide fund-raiser (Community Service) for Breast Cancer Awareness Month, although not all schools were able to participate.

This past week, Bluffton Middle School competed in National Geographic Geography Bee with all students participating in the first round of the competition. From this competition, the top students from each team were identified and then competed at their respective grade level to determine the top five students from the sixth and seventh grades. These students were: